Roc Carmichael

PHILADELPHIA — As the weather keeps getting drearier, the value of the kicking game keeps increasing for the Philadelphia Eagles.

We bring this rather obvious point to you only because they feature a rookie kicker from the South who had never played in a true cold-weather game until they visited Green Bay last month, and who has been slowed by a groin injury suffered the following week, in a Nov. 23 victory over Tennessee.

Not to worry, Cody Parkey assured everyone Wednesday, after sitting out practice.

"I never kick on Wednesdays," he said.

That's been part of the Eagles' plan for him long before he suffered his injury, after which he's tallied just...

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